Then, North Korea

To make you even more uneasy about America’s standing in the world at large, Korea Herald reports: U.S. says 'strategic patience' on NK is over. Glenn Kessler explained, “US Secy of State Tillerson cut short his visit to S. Korea because of "’fatigue,’ Korean officials tell Korea Herald.”

It’s not just Meals On Wheels that would be cut by this budget plan. NYPD Commissioner James O'Neilltweeted, “Under POTUS budget, virtually all fed funding to NYPD eradicated. Entire counterterrorism apparatus in nation's top terror target hobbled.”

In a new CNN poll, people were asked about allowing illegal immigrants who’ve been in the U.S. for a number of years to stay and apply for citizenship? Of those who responded, 90% were in favor and only 9% opposed. Bradd Jaffy called it a “remarkable number.”

Your weekend reads

On St. Patrick’s Day, Liam Stack takes on the task of debunking a myth. So he wrote The Irish Were Not Slaves, Too for the New York Times. Stack tweeted, “Happy St. Patrick's Day! I wrote a story debunking the ‘Irish were slaves, too’ meme.” Jenny Schuessler added, “Great debunking of a myth that pops up in NYT comments every time I write a story about African-American enslavement.”

"Tronc, 2016-2016" So reads a micro-obituary written by Nieman Lab's Joshua Benton in response to the weekend's biggest media story: The scoop from Politico's Ken Doctor that Gannett, the nation's second-largest newspaper company ...

"The Onion on the Great Fall of China: Shoddy Chinese-Made Stock Market Collapses," tweets journalist Louisa Lim, sharing a link that, while a parody, still manages to tie together the current Chinese market crisis, ...